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2016 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

American records are on the line in droves on day 3 between Kelsi Worrell’s 100 fly, Lilly King’s 100 breast, Courtney Bartholomew & co. in the 100 back and Stanford’s 200 medley relay.

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Rachel Bootsma Wins NCAA Title with 6th Fastest 100 Back of All Time

Cal’s Rachel Bootsma raced to an NCAA title ahead of a loaded 100 back field during Friday finals at the 2016 Women’s NCAA Championships. The senior finished her last collegiate 100 backstroke with a time of 50.28, the 6th fastest performance of all time.

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2016 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for NCAAs, snapped some quality shots from Friday’s prelims. Check out the pictures below for a glimpse of the action that occurred this morning, including Lilly King’s record-breaking performance and Kelsi Worrell’s scary close American Record swim (Ally Howe featured above).

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2016 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Real-Time Recaps

Kelsi Worrell’s 100 fly will be one of many swims chasing history on day 3 of the 2016 Women’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.

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2016 Women’s DI NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

The Georgia Bulldogs enter Day 2 of NCAAs with a slight lead after Hali Flickinger, Kylie Stewart, Meaghan Raab, and Brittany MacLean (featured above) posted a 6:51.80 in last night’s 800 free relay timed finals.

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Pick ‘Em Contest Stats: Worrell, King Heavily Favored, 100 Back Most Open

Just hours away from the Women’s Division I NCAA Championships starting up, we’re taking a look at the results of our annual Pick ‘Em contest to see who you, the SwimSwam readers, are favoring.

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2016 Women’s NCAA Team Standings Predictions

Who’s our pick as Women’s NCAA team champion this week?

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: National Records At Stake In 200 Medley Relay

The 200 medley relay is a fascinating mixture of storylines that should really center around a pair of rivalries from the Pac-12 and ACC.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Eastin, Baker to Battle in 200 IM

This season, a pair of freshman are up to challenge Leverenz’s 1:51.77. Those freshman are Stanford’s Ella Eastin and Cal’s Kathleen Baker.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Stanford Looks to Defend 400 Medley Relay Title

2016 WOMEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 16- Saturday, March 19 Georgia Institute of Technology- Atlanta, GA. Psych…

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Experience, Youth Collide In 200 Back

Virginia’s Courtney Barthlomew (pictured) represents the established stars, Cal’s Amy Bilquist the rising young talent in a thick 200 backstroke field.

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NCAA Women’s 100 Back Preview: Bootsma, Bartholomew Chasing Coughlin’s Record

Last season, Bootsma and Bartholomew were the only 2 women under 51 seconds. This year, we’ve already seen 6 women under that mark in the lead up to NCAAs, led by newcomer Amy Bilquist.

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2016 Women’s and Men’s ACC Championships: Assorted Race Videos

Watch selected race videos, including all the women’s relays and some quick individual men’s performances, from this month’s Men’s and Women’s ACC Championships.

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2016 Women’s ACC Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Virginia’s Leah Smith rewrote the NCAA, ACC, and meet record books in the 1650 freestyle tonight, clocking a 15:25.30 to break Brittany Maclean’s 15:27.84 set in 2014.

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2016 ACC Women Day 4 Prelims Recap: Louisville Charging For Third

Kelsi Worrell of Louisville will look for her 3rd win in as many events tonight as she is the top seed in the 100 free.

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